Model demonstrating the assembly of a prefabricated concrete construction system for Westville Road Primary School and Brandlehow Road Infants School, Hammersmith, London
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA28532 |
| Architect/Designer | Goldfinger, Erno (1902-1987)
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | London |
| Subject Date | 1950 |
| Image Date | 1950 |
| View | Exterior |
| Style | Modern Movement |
| Medium | Model |
| Library Reference | MOD/GOLD/9 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Colour |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
Goldfinger invented his own prefabricated concrete system for the building of Westville Road Primary School and Brandlehow Road Infants School. A crane moved across a concrete platform, dropping the uprights into holes prior to positioning the cross beams into the grooves, as demonstrated in this model.
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Subject tags
modernism modernist materials, concrete, schools, construction sites, cranes, prefabrication, Feature: High Tech Precursors of High Tech